Motor Vehicles (Fees) Amendment Act 2004 (SA)

South Australia

Motor Vehicles (Fees) Amendment Act 2004

An Act to amend the Motor Vehicles Act 1959.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Fees) Amendment Act 2004.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Motor Vehicles Act 1959

3—Amendment of section 5—Interpretation

1. (1)

   Section 5(1)—after the definition of court insert:

   CPI means the Consumer Price Index (All Groups) for the City of Adelaide;

2. (2)

   Section 5—after subsection (6) insert:

   1. (7)

      In this Act, if a monetary amount is followed by the word "(indexed)", the amount is to be adjusted on 1 January of each year, beginning in 2006, by multiplying the stated amount by a multiplier obtained by dividing the CPI for the quarter ending 30 June in the previous year by the CPI for the quarter ending 30 June 2004.

4—Insertion of section 138C

After section 138B insert:

138C—Refund of overpayments

If for any reason a fee payable under this Act is overpaid and the amount overpaid does not exceed $3 (indexed), the Registrar is not required to refund the amount overpaid unless the person who paid the fee demands a refund.

5—Amendment of section 145—Regulations

Section 145(1)—after paragraph (fa) insert:

1. (fb)

   providing that the Registrar is not required—

   1. (i)

      to refund a fee paid under this Act where the amount of the refund payable does not exceed $3 (indexed); or

   2. (ii)

      to recover a fee payable under this Act where the amount unpaid does not exceed $3 (indexed); and